Use the Office Deployment Tool to deploy Microsoft 365 apps

The Office Deployment Tool (ODT) is a command-line tool that you can use to download and deploy Microsoft 365 Apps to your client computers. The ODT gives you more control over an Office installation. With ODT, you can define:

• which products and languages are installed
• how those products should be updated, and
• whether or not to display the install experience to your users

There are several ways to deploy Office 365:

• Deploy Office with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (Current Branch): Manage your deployment with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, and download and deploy Office from distribution points on your network.

• Deploy Office with the ODT from the cloud: Manage your deployment with the ODT, and install Office on client devices directly from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN).

• Deploy Office with the ODT from a local source: Manage your deployment with the ODT, and download and deploy Office from a local source on your network.

• Self-install Office from the Office portal: Manage your deployment from the Office portal and have your users install Office on their client devices directly from the portal.

If your school uses Configuration Manager, we recommend upgrading to the Current Branch and updating to the current release. For more information, visit Which branch of Configuration Manager should I use?

Note

For education scenarios:

• Organizations will need to decide when and where these apps are installed based on strategy and license considerations.